{"product_id":"bertrand-russell-impact-science-society-london-1952-123977","title":"The Impact of Science on Society.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eThe first UK edition, much expanded from the American of the previous year, of Bertrand Russell's The Impact of Science on Society, published on his 80th birthday and based off his broadcast lectures 'Living in an Atomic Age'. Written with characteristic irony, Russell considers how technological advances could bring prosperity to all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe UK edition contains an additional four lectures: 'Scientific Technique in an Oligarchy', 'Democracy and Scientific Technique', 'Science and War', and 'Can a Scientific Society Be Stable?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst UK edition, expanded; 8vo (19 x 13.5 cm); blindstamp to title-page, foxing predominantly affecting preliminary and terminal leaves, 4 pp of publisher's ads to rear; publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in silver, head of spine bumped, boards lightly marked, red topstain, other edges spotted, in the price-clipped pictorial dust jacket, edges with some nicks and creasing, head of spine chipped, some foxing; 140, [4] pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackwell\/Ruja A88.2a\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"RUSSELL, Bertrand.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57304274698615,"sku":"123977","price":123.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123977.jpg?v=1784652789","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/bertrand-russell-impact-science-society-london-1952-123977","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}